What once was a song that made Talking Heads richer is my today's excursion at the North end of Lake Marathon.
I don't like that song that much but I do like the weather conditions I'm lucky to experience though it's a rather cold morning for our South European standards. Who can complain at a place like this though:
I can already see a little tiny wee bit of the lake in the background:
But I still have some way to go:
I make a stop around 1 km before my destination to check out one thing. The reason is that the satellite image showed some things on both sides of the road that could be of some interest - top right and bottom left on the following image:
Funny what these turned out to be in real:
I guess these blocks where put there to prevent some dirt from making its way to the lake as a result of landslide during rainfalls.
So instead of gold I stroke coal but no complains in this heaven - look at these baby chamomile waiting to paint white the place in a couple of months:
Speaking of white, pay some attention on how white these guys look instead of green:
I realise that this is actually hoarfrost! Now I understand why it feels so cold even though its 9:30 and the sun is up.
The toughest roads lead you to the best places and this one tries to confirm that:
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Pictures don't tell the truth about the depth of the grooves but they are half to one tire deep and rather steep.
With a view like that you have to be beyond miserable to complain though:
The road goes on rough and steep:
But the elevation gives an even better overview:
Let's get higher:
This tree looks like a lonely green planet up here:
Ladies and gents, let me introduce you to Lake Marathon, a masterpiece in the middle of this heaven:
Let's get a little higher:
High on nature's beauty if nothing else:
Just in case this looks like a hiker's heaven to you,
It's because it officially is:
I'd better let the green do the talking:
I guess I don't have to try hard to convince you about the low traffic of this road but this pine tree that has covered almost all its width speaks for itself:
It's all downhill from here:
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Finally I arrive at the watery heaven I was impatiently looking for as it's my first time here:
Nothing like a mirror generously offered by mama nature:
The serenity of this place with the water reflections and those little waterfalls around is a super soothing experience. I hope the following summary of slow motion clips with my own original soundtrack will give you a good idea about how it really feels like:
Feel free to put this on repeat in case you suffer from insomnia 🙂